DiwanjiMoola Grand Prix

REVIEW: Right from its start, director Anil Radhakrishnan Menon’s latest film Diwanjimoola Grand Prix makes it clear that it tunnels into a story about a group of people and their interests in a place called Diwanjimoola in Thrissur. Without any ado, the audience is planted straight in a gallery along with its residents as they anxiously gear up for the start of a dirt bike racing tournament.

Using multiple characters in the gallery, the director unfolds the plot taking the audience back and forth to what led to the grand prix and its importance. A starting point is the entry of newly-appointed collector Sajan Joseph IAS (Kunchacko Boban) who takes up the task of setting his city in order. Some of his challenges are uniting its residents especially those in the wards where gang wars are prevalent, allocating funds for a mental hospital and pacifying the residents when his higher-ups call for a ban on crackers in Thrissurpooram. As a solution to these, he proposes bringing back the Diwanjimoola Grand Prix, which was once the pride of the place.

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